I am a mum to 3 beautiful babies and 1 fur baby, I married my high school sweetheart and we will be celebrating 16 years together this year. We recently moved from a very suburban house in Treendale out to Donnybrook for a little more space some beautiful views and to live a slower paced life, although our end goal is to have some acreage it was a move that was much more aligned with out lifestyle and future goals. My passion for birth and supporting women in pregnancy birth and postpartum came after the birth of my first daughter, I went into pregnancy not really knowing much about birth at all only had heard the very common horror stories most people grow up hearing so in my mind I just assumed I would go in get and epidural and that would be that, it wasn't till I was quite late into my pregnancy around 36 weeks that I attended a hypnobirthing class and my whole perspective changed. I had always been more natural minded lived rather low tox ect so when I heard bout the actual physiology of birth it felt like my soul was getting spoken to and I walked out saying I'm 100% doing this naturally. I started doing all the research listening to all the affirmations, meditations and binging every birth podcast and YouTube video I could find. I wish I could say I went on to have the most beautiful birth but I actually ended up having quite a traumatic experience which then led to a tough postpartum period. Although my transition into motherhood was a tough one, I am so grateful for how it all unfolded today because it set me on the path I'm on now of supporting other women through this process.

fast forward to my second birth the birth of my beautiful little boy, I was determined to rewrite my birth story to reclaim my birth the moment we even considered a second child I knew I would be birthing at home and I would have a doula with me, I did a lot of fear release throughout my pregnancy, I scripted out my birth and I got very in tune with my body, my baby and my intuition I was fully prepared to kick my midwives out and do it on my own if I felt that was right. This labour was so different to my first it was more intense it was quicker and it unfolded exactly how I had scripted it out, I got my beautiful redemptive home birth and the oxytocin high was intoxicating!

Now my most recent birth, the birth of my second daughter the pregnancy birth and postpartum that showed me the meaning of a true deep surrender, I surrendered in my pregnancy to trusting my body my baby and my innate maternal knowing. I didn't have to do any of the things nor did I have time for them whilst running around after 2 other children and a husband that was fifo at the time. This birth was just going to be us my husband my children and my beautiful videographer Shenae and it was perfect, it was peaceful, easeful, magical she was born into the arms of her daddy with her brother and sister close by. She was the perfect ending to my story so much was learnt in that deep surrender and trust so much wisdom in the inner knowing.